Particle aerosolisation and break-up in dry powder inhalers 1: Evaluation and modelling of venturi effects for agglomerated systems

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1367-1376

  Wong, William ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Traini, Daniela ^a   Chan, Hak Kim ^a   Crapper, John ^b   Young, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Pharmaxis Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosolisation; Agglomerate; CFD; DPI entrainment tubes; Dry powder inhaler; Turbulence; Venturi

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; AEROSOL; POWDER; WATER;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY POWDER; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; LASER DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHERONIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEBULIZER; POWDER; VISCOSITY;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MANNITOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 77953613719     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-010-0128-4     Document Type: Article

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